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Estevan man has preliminary hearing; case expected to go to trial

Case has now been assigned to Court of King's Bench.
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Editor's note: The charges against Joshua Regis LeBlanc has since been stayed. 

ESTEVAN - Joshua Regis LeBlanc's case was back in Estevan Provincial Court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on the charges he is facing.

The case is now in Court of King's Bench, and it is expected to go to trial. A trial date has yet to be established.

LeBlanc was arrested in May 2022 and charged with one count each of luring a person under the age of 18, sexual assault and sexual exploitation.

His case appeared in Estevan Provincial Court on a number of occasions since then. Each time, it was adjourned to a later date until mid-May, when the preliminary hearing was set.  

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